GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -These cells are described as osteocytes and remain in the bone matrix in a state of low metabolic activity. At the completion of a phase of bone formation, those osteoblasts which avoided entombment in lacunae lose their prominent synthetic function and become inactive osteoblasts, otherwise known as bone-lining cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -Osteoblasts, bone lining cells and osteoclasts are present on bone surfaces and are derived from local mesenchymal cells called progenitor cells. Osteocytes permeate the interior of the bone and are produced from the fusion of mononuclear blood-borne precursor cells.